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Manu_Forever has some strange obsession with Splitter.
It's like he wakes up and gets excited to hate.
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Werdsniper2
Splitter plays much better defense than Blair. Pop's refusal to start Splitter over Blair is puzzling to say the least.
In the PO's, Pop's going to be forced to bench Blair, and then we're left with Dice attempting to hold down the fort. And that's going to be painful.
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I thought last night that Pop is probably wishing he would have played Splitter more minutes, because if Dice goes down, he's pretty much hosed at that position. At least let's learn Splitter's areas of improvement so we can work on ways around his weaknesses.
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DMC
Plus he's from Brazil...
But no agenda in your game, amirite?
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DMC
Didn't I say that? I guess I wasn't creative enough with my English to impress upon you my intent.
I'm sure you will forgive my poor english understanding skills but I thought you were saying that I had an agenda when it comes to Splitter because my user name is Brazil.
Anyway he played ok against Denver didn't he ?
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Brazil
I'm sure you will forgive my poor english understanding skills but I thought you were saying that I had an agenda when it comes to Splitter because my user name is Brazil.
Anyway he played ok against Denver didn't he ?
Sure, he played his ass off, almost literally. :toast
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Splitter looked good last night. He displayed good energy and excellent defense in limited minutes. He's gonna get more played time especially after the All-Star break, POP simply doesn't have a choice but to play this kid.
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Manu_Forever
Again, it really makes no sense to expect him to suddenly develop a low post game at age 26. He never had one in Europe, so why is he expected to have one now in the NBA and to suddenly gain it at age 26?
It's completely unrealistic and makes no sense. If the Spurs want scoring from Splitter they need to use him in the pick and roll and pair him with Manu. That's how he scores, along with some put backs from offensive rebounds.
I will explain it here YET AGAIN. Splitter never had any post game, nor one to one game in Europe. His entire offense was getting layups and dunks off of wide open spoon fed passes off the pick and roll from two of the best passers on the planet, Prigioni and Huertas.
Other than that, he scored from some offensive put backs on offensive rebounds and on some free throws when he would get fouled. He NEVER had any individual offensive skills.
It is totally unrealistic to expect him to have to develop this now at age 26. The Spurs simply will either use Splitter in the pick and roll with Manu creating for him, or they can expect him to be a minimal scorer. It is that simple.
You make it seem like he had a post game in Europe, but it isn't good enough for the NBA and that he can work on it and then get it good enough for the NBA. The problem with this theory is that he in fact never had any low post game in Europe.
I really want to know where all the ideas and views of Splitter on the forum came from. It can't all be from that idiot Sean Elliott and from the fake Euro homer trolls. I mean there is such an incredible disconnect here with the type of player Splitter actually is, to what the fans seem to think he is, that it's just really strange.
He is like the 180 complete opposite in every single aspect of what Spurs fans seem to think he is. I guess it just proves that 99.99 percent of NBA fans have never seen a basketball game that was not NBA in their whole lives. But it is still really strange that the whole forum here is so totally confused as to just what type of player Splitter is.
In the 3 previous years since the Spurs drafted him, did anyone here ever, even one time, watch him play a Euroleague game? It sure the hell does not seem like it from the comments people make about him here...
Don't take this the wrong way b/c this is a legit question. Where did you see him play international ball? TV? I really have no opinion of him b/c I've never seen him play before he came to the Spurs. All I know is Pop and the rest of the staff see something in him and believe he can help the team. I know as a fan we all sometimes like to think we know more than the coaches do. The teams send scouts over seas to see them play and when they're finally here, they see them everyday at practice. Again, I'm just wondering.
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rr2418
Don't take this the wrong way b/c this is a legit question. Where did you see him play international ball? TV? I really have no opinion of him b/c I've never seen him play before he came to the Spurs. All I know is Pop and the rest of the staff see something in him and believe he can help the team. I know as a fan we all sometimes like to think we know more than the coaches do. The teams send scouts over seas to see them play and when they're finally here, they see them everyday at practice. Again, I'm just wondering.
As soon as Splitter starts to understand the way the game is called in the NBA, and as long as those PnR with Manu will start looking like the ones he has played with Prigioni and Marcelinho for YEARS,
everything is going to fall in place with Splitter.
NBA playoffs are going to be a lot more physical and that's when Splitter will be OK, provided that he gets some valuable minute from now on.
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Manu_Forever
I've seen just about all of his Euroleague games the last 3 years on TV.
The backyard of MFKBP's house in Arkansas:
http://www.shelburnefilms.com/media/...llDishFarm.jpg
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Manu_Forever
Also, NBA fans greatly exaggerate the level and amount of scouting that NBA teams do in Europe. GREATLY exaggerate it.
An NBA team might scout a guy twice in a year in Europe, and usually no more than once. For some reason, NBA fans think every NBA team has a personal on-call scout for every team in Europe.
The truth is that NBA teams scout a player in Europe that they might be interested in about 1-2 times in an entire season.
How could you possibly know this? Do they scan the crowd at the Euroleague games you watch on your TV in Arkansas for NBA scouts. Do these guys wear big signs identifying which team they work for? Do you keep a running tally of which scout attends which game?
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Werdsniper2
:lol:lol:lol thanks.
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temujin
NBA playoffs are going to be a lot more physical and that's when Splitter will be OK, provided that he gets some valuable minute from now on.
I'd be shocked if Pop utilizes Splitter in the playoffs. I'm afraid that ship has already sailed.
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Capt Bringdown
I'd be shocked if Pop utilizes Splitter in the playoffs. I'm afraid that ship has already sailed.
We'll have plenty of Splitter sightings when we're up 20 in the 4th. Other than that, God willing, we should see his soft ass nailed to the end of the bench. This is not his year.
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awktalk
Oh god, why would you ever want to watch that more than once? So scary and painful-looking.
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Mel_13
The backyard of MFKBP's house in Arkansas:
http://www.shelburnefilms.com/media/...llDishFarm.jpg
How could you possibly know this? Do they scan the crowd at the Euroleague games you watch on your TV in Arkansas for NBA scouts. Do these guys wear big signs identifying which team they work for? Do you keep a running tally of which scout attends which game?
There are companies of scouting in major european countries. They have scouts specializing in the european and US leagues.
My kid's coach works for one of them.
He scouts the NCAA and was specifically very high on Blair, signalling him to a couple of teams here. He couldn't believe he would not go in the first round. The minute Spurs picked him up, he told these teams to move on, Spurs not the type of organization to let him down.
All top 16 Euroleague players get scouted each game they play.
This KBP guy is a complete idiot.
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awktalk
We'll have plenty of Splitter sightings when we're up 20 in the 4th. Other than that, God willing, we should see his soft ass nailed to the end of the bench. This is not his year.
I have seen Splitter, Spurs down 6 in the first, against Nene and Martin.
Bonner wasn't playing?
Did he actually play a single post-season game?
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Mel_13
The backyard of MFKBP's house in Arkansas:
http://www.shelburnefilms.com/media/...llDishFarm.jpg
How could you possibly know this? Do they scan the crowd at the Euroleague games you watch on your TV in Arkansas for NBA scouts. Do these guys wear big signs identifying which team they work for? Do you keep a running tally of which scout attends which game?
They have a Hello "I'm a NBA scout" tag on their forehead. :lol
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Manu_Forever
The lies from these fake Euro homer trolls never end. Everything I typed is 100% true. The ONLY time an NBA team actually sends a scout to a game to watch a player is ONCE or maybe TWICE a year. That is it.
Anyone saying otherwise is a complete troll and a liar and does not even know the most basic of information about the NBA.
lol MFKBP
lol Arkansas
lol everything I say is true
Prove it or STFU.
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awktalk
We'll have plenty of Splitter sightings when we're up 20 in the 4th. Other than that, God willing, we should see his soft ass nailed to the end of the bench. This is not his year.
I'm wondering if it ever will be his year.
I know it's not apples to apples but Darko came to the NBA with huge hype and promise but never panned out. I would say that many thought that he would have some kind of impact in the NBA, albeit not worth a second pick. But the point being that if someone like Milicic come over to the NBA and barely make an impact, why does anyone think Tiago is?
Maybe he makes small contributions here or there but there's no reason to think he's going to be an impact player. What other foreign bigs (white foreign bigs) with his body type have had any impact.
He's like a Ralph Sampson that can't play basketball.
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Manu_Forever
The lies from these fake Euro homer trolls never end. Everything I typed is 100% true. The ONLY time an NBA team actually sends a scout to a game to watch a player is ONCE or maybe TWICE a year. That is it.
Anyone saying otherwise is a complete troll and a liar and does not even know the most basic of information about the NBA.
:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol
Oh sure, they are sending a scout to GREECE once or twice a year.
If at all.
First there is nobody to scout in greece.
Second, he never gets there anyway, because of the strikes.
The last one had to ride a goat through Albania.
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Well, since Bonner apparently isn't playing tonight...
It's Splitter time!
Let's see if we can get some good minutes out of him.
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DMC
Sure, he played his ass off, almost literally. :toast
:lol
